a
human in his palace." The young man told her about his magic cap and
comforted her fears.

Soon the King of Fishes arrived, accompanied by all his retinue. He
came into the palace in a very bad temper, giving kicks and blows to
everything which came in his way, and saying in a fierce, savage
voice, "_Lee, low, lee, leer_, I smell the blood of a human, here. I
smell the blood of a human, here."

It took much persuasion on the part of the queen to get him to take a
bath. After his bath he appeared in the form of a handsome man. He
then ate his dinner, and when he had nearly finished the meal his wife
said to him, "If you should see my brother here what would you do to
him?"

"I would be kind to him, of course, just as I am to you," responded
the King of the Fishes. "If he is here let him appear."

The young man then took off the magic cap by which he had hidden
himself. The king treated him most kindly and courteously. He invited
him to live for the rest of his life in the palace. The young man
declined the invitation, saying that he had two other sisters to
visit. He took his departure soon, and when he went away his
brother-in-law gave him a scale with these words: "If you are ever in
any danger in which I can help you, take this scale and say, 'Help me,
O King of the Fishes.'"

The young man put the scale in his saddle bag. Then he took out his
magic boot and said, "O Boot, put me in the home of my second sister."
He found his second sister queen of even a more wonderful palace than
his eldest sister. Her husband was King of Rams and treated the newly
found brother of his queen with great consideration. When the young
man had finished his visit there the King of Rams gave him a piece of
wool saying, "If you are ever in any peril in which I can help you
pull this wool and ask help of the King of Rams."

With the aid of his magic boot the young man went to visit the home of
his youngest sister. He found her in the most magnificent palace of
them all. Her husband was King of Pigeons. When the young man departed
he gave him a feather telling him if he was ever in any danger that
all he had to do was to pull the feather and say, "Help me, O King of
the Pigeons."

All three of the young man's brothers-in-law had admired the power of
his magic boot and they had all advised him to visit the land of the
King of Giants by means of it. After having left each of his three
sisters full of happiness in her costly palace